Review on methods of solving the refractive index–thickness coupling problem in digital holographic microscopy of biological cells

G Dardikman, NT Shaked - Optics Communications, 2018 - Elsevier
Digital holographic microscopy is a thriving imaging modality that attracted considerable
research interest in quantitative biological cell imaging due to its ability to not only create …

Compact and portable low-coherence interferometer with off-axis geometry for quantitative phase microscopy and nanoscopy

P Girshovitz, NT Shaked - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We present a simple-to-align, highly-portable interferometer, which is able to capture wide-
field, off-axis interference patterns from transparent samples under low-coherence …

Single-shot TIE using polarization multiplexing (STIEP) for quantitative phase imaging

N Hai, R Kumar, J Rosen - Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Transport of intensity equation (TIE) is a promising technique for quantitative phase imaging
(QPI). Usually, in TIE, two axially defocused intensity distributions are used to recover the …

Fast phase processing in off-axis holography using multiplexing with complex encoding and live-cell fluctuation map calculation in real-time

P Girshovitz, NT Shaked - optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We present efficient algorithms for rapid reconstruction of quantitative phase maps from off-
axis digital holograms. The new algorithms are aimed at speeding up the conventional …

Optical‐mechanical signatures of cancer cells based on fluctuation profiles measured by interferometry

Y Bishitz, H Gabai, P Girshovitz… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We propose to establish a cancer biomarker based on the unique optical‐mechanical
signatures of cancer cells measured in a noncontact, label‐free manner by optical …

4D measurements of biological and synthetic structures using a dynamic interferometer

NI Toto-Arellano - Journal of Modern optics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Considering the deficiency of time elapsed for phase-stepping interferometric techniques
and the need of developing non-contact and on-line measurement with high accuracy, a …

Polarizing white light interferometry for phase measurements using two simultaneous interferograms

JR Sánchez-Aguilar, AK Reyes, L García-Lechuga… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Our research introduces a design for a polarization phase-shifting white light interferometric
system (PPS-WLIS) that operates in a transmissive mode for measuring the slope phase of …

Hyperspectral quantitative phase microscopy for decoupling refractive index and thickness of thin transparent samples

H Joshi, V Surya, D Mishra… - Journal of Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) is a label-free imaging technique that has
revolutionized transparent sample analysis. It offers precise insights into the sub-wavelength …

Measurement of red blood cell characteristic using parallel phase shifting interferometry

VHF Muñoz, NI Toto-Arellano, B López-Ortiz… - Optik, 2015 - Elsevier
In this research, an interferometric technique is presented for the calculation of the optical
path difference (OPD) induced by a red blood cell (RBC) to measure its 3D phase profile …

Micro-anatomical and functional assessment of ciliated epithelium in mouse trachea using optical coherence phase microscopy

R Ansari, C Buj, M Pieper, P König, A Schweikard… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Motile cilia perform a range of important mechanosensory and chemosensory functions,
along with expulsion of mucus and inhaled pathogens from the lungs. Here we demonstrate …